Some time ago, I visited Culham Court Chapel, shown round by its architect, Craig Hamilton. I was impressed by it, although it’s unlike – perhaps because it’s so unlike – most contemporary architecture in being Catholic, private and essentially commemorative. I wrote it for the August/September issue of The Critic and the article has just appeared online:-
https://thecritic.co.uk/a-neoclassical-style-fit-for-a-queen/
By chance, it coincides with the announcement of Martin Jennings as sculptor of the commemorative statue of the Queen on the Mall (actually just off the Mall in the entryway to St. James’s Park). It’s not clear whether it will be equestrian, as suggested in Norman Foster’s competition entry. Not an easy commission.
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
That inauguration must have been quite something. I see James MacMillan wrote ‘The Culham Motets’ for the occasion. I have an interest in MacMillan – for his philosophical/theological/political shifts as much as his music. He is a genuinely interesting man.